Lennard's Carrying Company v Asiatic Petroleum Company
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judgment Date | 08 March 1915 |
| Court | House of Lords |
| Date | 08 March 1915 |
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315 cases
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Safeway Stores Ltd and Others v Twigger and Others
...liable depended on proof that the defendants were their “directing mind or will” (the phrase used by Lord Haldane in Lennards Carrying Co Ltd v Asiatic Petroleum Co Ltd [1915] A.C. 705, 713–4). But in my judgment it does not so depend because it was sufficient for the OFT to show that the ......
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BSkyB Ltd and Another v HP Enterprise Services UK Ltd and Another
...which must be considered to determine whether the corporation had knowledge. As stated by Viscount Haldane LC in Lennards Carrying Co Ltd v Asiatic Petroleum Co. Ltd [1915] AC 705 at 713: "… a corporation is an abstraction. It has no mind of its own any more than it has a body of its own; i......
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Carter Smith Jr v Nicolaas Bersma
...the actual fault or privity of the owner. Learned counsel for the claimant refers this court to the case of Asiatic Petroleum Company Limited v. Lennard's Carrying Company Limited (1914) 1 KB 419. The court held at p. 433 as follows: The words "actual fault or privity" in my judgment infer ......
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The American Way DPAs Arrive In The UK
...2 Lennard's Carrying Co Ltd v Asiatic Petroleum Co Ltd [1915] AC 705 and Tesco Supermarkets Ltd v Nattrass [1972] AC 3 The current US federal common law standard is: a corporate is criminally liable for the acts of its agents and employees whenever such agents or employees act within the sc......
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The American Way – DPAs arrive in the UK
...2 Lennard’s Carrying Co Ltd v Asiatic Petroleum Co Ltd [1915] AC 705 and Tesco Supermarkets Ltd v Nattrass [1972] AC 153. 3 The current US federal common law standard is: a corporate is criminally liable for the acts of its agents and employees whenever such agents or employees act within t......
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"UK Executives Sentenced for Bribing Foreign Government Officials"
...that adequate anti-corruption controls are essential, now more than ever. 1 Lennard’s Carrying Co Ltd v. Asiatic Petroleum Co Ltd [1915] AC 705. 2 Tesco Supermarkets Ltd v. Nattrass [1972] AC 153. 3 Bribery Act 2010, Section 14(2). 4 Bribery Act 2010, Section 7...
38 books & journal articles
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'The receipt of what?': Questions concerning third party recipient liability in equity and unjust enrichment.
...and constructive notice of the persons who constitute its 'directing mind and will': Lennard's Carrying Co Ltd v Asiatic Petroleum Co Lid [1915] AC 705, 713 (Viscount Haldane LC); El Ajou v Dollar Land Holdings plc [1994] 2 All ER 685, 705 (Hoffmann (66) Finn, above n 3, 209. See also Kooro......
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The Legal Personality of the Commonwealth of Australia
...Australia [2014] FCA 552 (28 May 2014) [111]–[112] (Foster J)(‘Danthanarayana’).53. Lennard’s Carrying Co Ltd v Asiatic Petroleum Co Ltd [1915] AC 705, 713 (Viscount Haldane LC).54. Danthanarayana [2014] FCA 552 (28 May 2014) [112] (Foster J).55. Seegenerally R D Lumb, ‘“The Commonwealth of......
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Table of cases
...Lennard’s Carrying Co Ltd v Asiatic Petroleum Co Ltd, [1915] AC 705, 84 LJKB 1281, [1914–1915] All ER Rep 280 (HL) ..........................271 Levers c R, 2017 QCCA 1266 ............................................................................. 382 Lévis (City) v Tétreault, [2006] 1 SC......
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Table of Cases
...502 Lennard’s Carrying Co Ltd v Asiatic Petroleum Co Ltd, [1915] AC 705, 84 LJKB 1281, [1914–1915] All ER Rep 280 (HL) .......................................260 Levers c R, 2017 QCCA 1266 ............................................................................. 366 Lévis (City) v Tétre......
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